BCSO 9-1-1 dispatcher caught napping on job

12:26 PM,
Feb. 22, 2013

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A Brevard County Sheriff's Office 9-1-1 dispatcher has been reprimanded for napping while on duty.

Documents show the woman, Hope Graham, adjusted her 9-1-1 radio console, folded her arms and put her head down to sleep while on duty just before 4 a.m. Oct. 8. She was manning the radio that dispatches for the northern part of the county at the time.

Her actions "indicate that you did not merely 'doze off' but planned this action," the letter of reprimand reads. A photograph of the sleeping Graham was apparently taken, but was not released following a FLORIDA TODAY records request. ...